REGISTRATION PAUSED! LAB-LEFT // Winning from the Left: An International Forum

Name: REGISTRATION PAUSED! LAB-LEFT // Winning from the Left: An International Forum
Start: 2024-11-22T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-24T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Nyolcésfél

Schedule

Fri Nov 22 2024 at 02:00 pm to Sun Nov 24 2024 at 06:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Nyolcésfél | Budapest, BU

We’re excited to announce one of our biggest projects yet: LAB-LEFT!
Magyarul minden információt megtalálsz itt: https://www.facebook.com/events/1637709820123623
Due to the immense interest in our event – thank you ♥️ – we’ve had to pause registrations for LAB-LEFT.
If you’re interested in joining us, write an email at [email protected]! We’ll do everything we can to make it possible – and will definitely let you know in case some places become available again.
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FRIDAY
🔴15.30-16.30: Welcome Session- Szikra (HU)
🔴16.30-18.30: Progressive Józsefváros: Neighbourhood Tour- Dániel Rádai Deputy Mayor of Józsefváros (HU)
🔴16.30-18.30:Social media workshop with ECDA - Oriol Corbella, ECDA (ES)
🔴19:30-21.00:Green Eastern Europe: Bojana Novaković, Marš sa Drine (SRB), Iskra Krstić, Polekol (SRB), Tordai Bence MP (HU), Kristina Hamplová, re-set/Limity Jsme My (CZ), Moderator: Lili Vankó
SATURDAY
🔴10-11.30: Homes for All - Ewan Mclennan, Living Rent (SCO), Enikő Vincze, EAC (RO), Bálint Misetics, AVM (HU), Aydin Dikerdem, Labour (UK), Moderator: Iván Merker
🔴11.45-13.15: Fruits of our Labour - Melanija Lojpur, CPE (SRB), Maja Kudła, Inicjatywy Pracowniczej (POL), Balázs Dvoracskó, SZEF (HU), Bora Mema, Lëvizja Bashkë (ALB), Moderator: Dávid Csepregi
🔴11.45-13.15: Building Power Block by Block: Workshop on housing activism with Living Rent Scotland
🔴13.30-14:30: Lunch
🔴14.30-16:00: Local Powers- Marin Živković, MP, Možemo! (HR), Maja Wroblewska, MJN (PL), Soproni Tamás Mayor of Terézváros (HU), Marisa Escalante, Más Madrid (ESP), Moderator: Orsolya Sudár
🔴14.30-16:00: How to Make Your Activism More Effective? Main Tools and Strategies for Union Organising - Maja Kudła, OZZIP (PL)
🔴16.15-17:15: Sharing session
🔴17.30-19.15: To Weave a Strong Bloc- Li Andersson MEP, Left Alliance (FI), James Schneider, ProgInt (UK), Bojana Novaković, Marš sa Drine (SRB), András Jámbor, Szikra (HU), Moderator: Áron Rossman-Kiss
🔴21:00-1:00: After at Manyi - Turul Blaszt, Klpflrtpr (live) [EXILES] (HU)
SUNDAY
🔴10-11.30:The War of Position - Li Andersson MEP, Left Alliance (FI), Luis Fazenda, Bloco (PT), Arlind Qori, Lëvizja Bashkë (ALB), Zofia Malisz, Razem (PL), Lokman Sazan, DEM (TUR) , Moderator: David Karas
🔴11.45-13.15: How to Build the New Wave of Eastern European Activism? Workshop with Wschód from Poland
🔴11.45-13.15: How to Build Movements with Local Political Work and Community Building? - Udvarhelyi Tessza, School of Public Life (HU)
🔴13.30-14:30: Lunch Break
🔴15-16.30: Raising our Banners - David Broder, Jacobin (DE), Marko Miletić, Mašina (SRB). Tomáš Hučko, Kapitál (SLK), Jan Bělíček, Alarm (CZ), Gáspár Papp, Mérce (HU), Moderátor: Bethany Rielly, New Internationalist
🔴15-16.30: The Power of Many: Effective Campaigning for a Shared Goal- Szikra campaign school (HU)
🔴16.45-18:00: Final reflections + Sharing session
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What? LAB-LEFT will be an international forum, a platform for exchange, a get-together. A unique moment in the heart of Eastern Europe. In collaboration with Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Prague office): https://www.facebook.com/rosalux.cz
When, where? Budapest, November 22-24.
A lab? Orbán and his cronies present Hungary as a laboratory for far-right rule. But they’re not the only ones at work. They divide, we organise: LAB-LEFT.
The concept: The event will focus on the various building blocks needed to establish a successful left-wing political movement. Bringing together activists, politicians, labour organisers, journalists, and researchers from both Hungary and abroad, LAB-LEFT will showcase a wide variety of effective left-wing alternatives in the context of right-wing hegemony.
The practicalities: The event is completely free, but registration is mandatory. For participants travelling to Budapest, members of the organising Szikra Mozgalom will provide solidarity accommodation for free.
Register here: https://a.szikramozgalom.hu/forms/registration-to-lab-left

Features: We are honoured to be welcoming as guests Li Andersson - leader of the Finnish Left Alliance and the country’s former Minister of Education, David Broder - Jacobin’s Europe editor, and Jan Bělíček - the cofounder and editor-in-chief of the Czech online daily Alarm.cz. More exciting participants will be announced soon!
The Forum will be structured around 5 thematic pillars, each featuring specific guests and programmes:
Local Powers
How do left-wing movements embed themselves in local communities? What forms of services, participation and outreach can establish long-term presence?
# progressive municipalism, participative democracy, community organising
The War of Position
How to navigate institutional politics without being subsumed by it? What constraints and possibilities does coalition-building entail? How do national parties coordinate with local initiatives?
# party-building, national politics, parliamentarism
The Outside Foot
How do political movements reinforce struggles happening outside the institutional realm? What can effective collaborations with feminist, housing and labour initiatives look like?
# labour organising, feminist struggle, housing
Green Eastern Europe
How to build cross-class support for a just transition in Eastern Europe? How can environmentalism and ‘green industries’ be repoliticised from a left and cross-class perspective?
# just transition, anti-extractivism, green municipalities
Raising our Banners
What communication strategies have proven successful in a right-wing, oligarchic mediascape? What effective possibilities of mobilisation have digital platforms enabled? What can we learn from successful left-wing media projects?
# media, communication, digital strategies